Boehner Yanks Plan B , Cites Lack Of GOP Votes After Final Plea Fails

Source: Talking Points Memo

With his speakership in peril, John Boehner conceded Thursday night that he lacked Republican votes to pass his so-called Plan B and tried to put the onus on President Obama and Senate Democrats to avert the fiscal cliff.

This is on the front page of Talking Points Memo..Stunning Defeat for Boehner...

Rest of story is here:

In a stunning defeat, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) called off a vote Thursday night on his Plan B to avert the fiscal cliff, citing a lack of support from his own party. Boehner issued the following statement as an emergency meeting of the House Republican Conference was ending:

9. EPIC FAIL MOTHERFUCKER

10. Plan B for bullsh*t

It was all a big lie anyway. The Rethugs knew neither the Democratically-controlled Senate nor the White House would go along with it. It was simply there for the Rethugs to show their supporters that they were trying to do something constructive (though they weren't really). And now they can't even point to a Republican plan - because they couldn't agree to one.

Time to retire the Rethuglican Party to the dustbin of history (along with the Whigs and the Know Nothings).

15. The Problem Is That The GOP Is Like Lord of the Flies Now

They are trying to govern off of talking points written on the back of a napkin safe in the cocoon of Fox News. In this alternate universe, their willingness to sit on their ass, and demand that the President clean their shit up is awesome strategy and the people are totally behind them.

29. When I was working over in China teaching Business

One of the other teacher who had an ethics class showed that during his class. I was thinking to myself, gee what movie could I show so I don't have to work for a couple of days. In one of my classes I did show Inside Job with English subtitles. I had to warn them ahead of time about the people in the film talking about prostitution and drugs use though.